Examples of table columns aligned by character

Resource Count (n) Dimensions Animals
Google 1.1 100 x 200 kitten → cat
Library 75 50 x 20 puppy → dog
Total .552005060708050 100.57 x 200.2 egg → chicken or rooster or lizard
or snake or turtle or dinosaur
Wikipedia .001 1000 x 2 pony or
colt → horse
Other 10.19 × 105 1 x 2.5 cub → lion
Resource Percent (%)
Google or Google Scholar 73.6
Library database or website 13.6
Wikipedia or online encyclopedia 9
Other 3.45
Total 100.0
Search engine Market share
Internet Explorer 58.2%
Chrome 17.7%
Firefox 16.8%
Safari 5%
Opera 1.2%
Other 0.4%

Values are centered and not aligned by decimial

Type Number of items
Management 10916
Sales 5981
Information technology 460
Customer service 41
Marketing 3
Finance 0.5

Values are centered and aligned by decimal

Type Number of items
Management 10916
Sales 5981
Information technology 460
Customer service 41
Marketing 3
Finance 0.5

Values are right justified and aligned by decimal except for row 3

Type Number of items
Management 10916
Sales 5981
Information technology 460
Customer service 41
Marketing 3
Finance 0.5